Amends Notification No. 81/2006-Customs (N.T.) dated 13.7.2006 - 116/06 - Customs - Non Tariff

Amends Notification No. 81/2006-Customs (N.T.) dated 13.7.2006 22 nd November, 2006 NOTIFICATION NO. 116 /2006-CUSTOMS (N.T.) G.S.R. (E).- In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (2) of section 75 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), sub-section (2) of section 37 of the Central Excise Act, 1944 (1 of 1944) and sub-section (2) of section 94 of the Finance Act,1994 (32 of 1994) read with rule 3 and rule 4 of the Customs, Central Excise Duties and Service Tax Drawback Rules, 1995, the Central Government, hereby makes the following amendments in the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No.81/2006-CUSTOMS (N.T.), dated the 13 th July, 2006 (hereinafter referred to as the said notification), namely:- (1) In the said notification, after paragraph 15 under the heading "Conditions ", the following paragraph shall be inserted, namely: - '15A.The term "dyed" in relation to textile materials in Chapters 54 and 55, shall include "printed or bleached".' (2) In the Schedule to the said notification,- (a) In Chapter 10, against tariff item 10, for the entry in column 4, the entry "1.075%" shall be substituted; (b) In Chapter 48, after tariff item 4823901805 and the entries relating thereto, the following tariff item and the entries shall be inserted, namely:- 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. "4823901806 Decorative handicraft articles made of papier mache 5% 0.5%"; (c) In Chapter 54,- (i) For tariff items 540701, 540702,540703,540704,540705 and 540706 and the entries relating thereto, the following tariff items and the entries shall be substituted, namely:- "540701 Woven fabrics containing 85% or more by weight of Synthetic Filament Yarn(Grey) KG 8% 22 3% 8.3 540702 Woven fabrics containing 85% or more by weight of Synthetic Filament Yarn (Dyed) KG 9% 26 3.5% 10.1 540703 Woven fabrics containing 85% or more by weight of Man-made Filament Yarn and Man-made Staple Fibre(Grey) KG 8.5% 25 3% 8.8 540704 Woven fabrics containing 85% or more by weight of Man-made Filament Yarn and Man-made Staple Fibre(Dyed) KG 10% 29 3.5% 10.2 540705 Woven fabrics containing less than 85% by weight of Man-made Filament Yarn and/or Man-made Staple Fibre (Grey) KG 7% 22 3% 9.4 540706 Woven fabrics containing less than 85% by weight of Man-made Filament Yarn and/or Man-made Staple Fibre (Dyed) KG 8% 25 3.5% 10.9"; (ii) For tariff items 540801,540802,540803,540804,540805 and 540806 and the entries relating thereto, the following tariff items and the entries shall be substituted, namely:- "540801 Woven fabrics containing 85% or more by weight of artificial filament yarn (Grey) KG 8% 22 3% 8.3 540802 Woven fabrics containing 85% or more by weight of artificial filament yarn(Dyed) KG 9% 26 3.5% 10.1 540803 Woven fabrics containing 85% or more by weight of man-made filament yarn and man-made staple fibre (Grey) KG 8.5% 25 3% 8.8 540804 Woven fabrics containing 85% or more by weight of man-made filament yarn and man-made staple fibre (Dyed) KG 10% 29 3.5% 10.2 540805 Woven fabrics containing less than 85% by weight of man-made filament yarn and/or man-made staple fibre (Grey) KG 7% 22 3% 9.4 540806 Woven fabrics containing less than 85% by weight of man-made filament yarn and/or man-made staple fibre (Dyed) KG 8% 25 3.5% 10.9"; (d) In Chapter 55,- (i) For tariff items 551501,551502, 551503,551504, 551505, and 551506 and the entries relating thereto, the following tariff items and the entries shall be substituted, namely :- "551501 Containing 85% or more by weight of Man-made Staple Fibre and Man-made Filament Yarn (Grey) KG 8.5% 25 3% 8.8 551502 Containing 85% or more by weight of Man-made Staple Fibre and Man-made Filament Yarn (Dyed) KG 10% 29 3.5% 10.2 551503 Containing less than 85% by weight of Man-made Staple Fibre and/or Man-made Filament Yarn (Grey) KG 7% 22 3% 9.4 551504 Containing less than 85% by weight of Man-made Staple Fibre and/or Man-made Filament Yarn (Dyed) KG 8% 25 3.5% 10.9"; (ii) For tariff items 551601,551602,551603,551604,551605 and 551606 and the entries relating thereto, the following tariff items and the entries shall be substituted, namely:- "551601 Containing 85% or more by weight of Man-made Staple Fibre and Man-made Filament Yarn (Grey) KG 8.5% 25 3% 8.8 551602 Containing 85% or more by weight of Man-made Staple Fibre and Man-made Filament Yarn (Dyed) KG 10% 29 3.5% 10.2 551603 Containing less than 85% by weight of Man-made Staple Fibre and/or Man-made Filament Yarn (Grey) KG 7% 22 3% 9.4 551604 Containing less than 85% by weight Of Man-made Staple Fibre and/or Man-made Filament Yarn (Dyed) KG 8% 25 3.5% 10.9" ; (e) In chapter 81, for the tariff items and the entries relating thereto, following tariff items and the entries shall be substituted, namely:- "8101 Tungsten (wolfram) and articles thereof, excluding waste and scrap KG 2.5% 40 2.5% 40 8102 Molybdenum and articles thereof ,excluding waste and scrap KG 2.5% 104 2.5% 104 8103 Tantalum and articles thereof ,excluding waste and scrap KG 2.5% 94 2.5% 94 8104 Magnesium and articles thereof, excluding waste and scrap KG 2.5% 5.5 2.5% 5.5 8105 Cobalt mattes and other intermediate products of cobalt metallurgy; cobalt and articles thereof, excluding waste and scrap KG 2.5% 140 2.5% 140 8106 Bismuth and articles thereof, excluding waste and scrap KG 2.5% 24 2.5% 24 8107 Cadmium and articles thereof, excluding waste and scrap KG 2.5% 1.9 2.5% 1.9 8108 Titanium and articles thereof, excluding waste and scrap KG 2.5% 93 2.5% 93 8109 Zirconium and articles thereof, excluding waste and scrap KG 2.5% 3.4 2.5% 3.4 8110 Antimony and articles thereof, excluding waste and scrap KG 2.5% 3 2.5% 3 8111 Manganese and articles thereof, excluding waste and scrap KG 2.5% 3.7 2.5% 3.7 8112 Beryllium, chromium, germanium, vanadium, gallium, hafnium, indium, niobium (columbium), rhenium and thallium, and articles of these metals, excluding waste and scrap 2.5% 2.5% 8113 Cermets and articles thereof, excluding waste and scrap 2.5% 2.5%" ; [F.No.609/54/2006-DBK] Note: The principal notification No.81/2006-CUSTOMS (N.T.) was published in the Gazette of India vide number G.S.R.420(E), dated the 13 th July, 2006.